Smith, Tompkins arrested with meth Wednesday By Don Reid dwreid@aol.com
COLDWATER — Police arrested Malissa Smith, 58, of Homer and Dylan Tompkins, 24, of Coldwater, Wednesday night during a meth sale transaction.A Coldwater officer spotted Smith’s car pulling into an...
View ArticleHoughton charged for drugs in jail
COLDWATER — Nicholas Houghton, 22, could not stay away from meth even in the Branch County Jail.Now he will face additional charges.Sentenced in October to a year in county jail for possession of meth...
View ArticleCocaine found in drunk driving arrest
COLDWATER — Failure to stop as he pulled out of a business drive at Western Avenue and US-12 ended with the arrest of Jose Aburto Cordova, 22, Sunday.Cordova reportedly smelled of alcohol and...
View ArticleTwo more facing meth charges
COLDWATER — Coldwater Police knew Nicole Cooper, 35, had no valid driver license so they stopped her while driving Monday night.During her arrest, Cooper was searched and .8 grams of meth was found in...
View ArticleCharges reinstated against Terlizzi
COLDWATER — Charges have been refiled against Richard Terlizzi, 27, for third degree criminal sexual conduct after a 13-year-old said he accosted her in August in a Girard Township home where he was...
View ArticleAnthony faces various charges across the state
COLDWATER — Essence Anthony, 40, is touring Michigan jails as she faces numerous theft charges in various counties for stealing liquor from Meijer stores.Meijer identified Anthony as one of several...
View ArticleHill sentences in 2016 Sprint store robbery
GRAND RAPIDS — Tramain Hill, 24, one of the members of an Illinois gang tied to the Aug. 27, 2016 robbery of the Sprint Store at 849 E. Chicago St., Coldwater, has been sentenced to 10 years and 10...
View ArticleTeen faces CSC charges after drinking party
COLDWATER — Matthew Siler, 17, reportedly would not listen to "no" and now faces life felony charges of criminal sexual conduct first degree.Siler, of Coldwater Township, was arraigned on four CSC...
View ArticleFidler waives exam in drugged driving case
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater woman, arrested Dec. 5 on allegations of drugged driving, waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning in Hillsdale County District Court.Kathrynne Lee Fidler, 26, was...
View ArticleBronson bank robber charged in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, IND. — A fight with a girlfriend Saturday afternoon resulted in the arrest of Dwight Neal, 46, in connection to the Dec.18 robbery of the Flagstar Bank in South Bend, Ind. and the PNC Bank...
View ArticleDeleon-Sanchez held in Bronson gun incident
COLDWATER — Starlin Deleon-Sanchez, 32, was charged with discharge of a weapon from a motor vehicle after an argument with a girlfriend Dec. 21 in Bronson. The charge is a 10-year felony.Bronson Police...
View ArticleTorres ruled competent for trial
COLDWATER — Based on a written report from the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry, Branch County Magistrate/ Judge David Coyle, Thursday, found Daniel Torres, 49, competent to stand trial on...
View ArticleOtis now in federal custody for child pornography
GRAND RAPIDS — Quincy resident, Dale Otis, Jr., 50, will now face a minimum mandatory 15-year federal prison term after an indictment by a federal grand jury in November. The case was developed by...
View ArticleEbersole found with meth again
COLDWATER — Carlos Ebersole, 41, did not stay away from meth for long. On a year probation after serving six months for a May meth possession arrest, Coldwater Police arrested him with the drug...
View ArticleProsecutor Ralph Kimble to leave office Tuesday
COLDWATER — Ralph Kimble will leave his position as Branch County Prosecutor with the start of 2019. Kimble’s resignation letter was mailed Friday to the Branch County County Chief Judge; Probate Judge...
View ArticleTeen charged with first degree CSC
COLDWATER — Jacob Beatty, 18, was arrested on a Michigan State Police warrant charging him with first degree criminal sexual conduct and accosting a minor child in July last summer in Sherwood...
View ArticleUnconscious couple charged with meth
COLDWATER — The couple found unconscious Saturday afternoon in the Meijer parking lot, Sarah Otis, 31, and Kenneth Morrill, 33, will face charges of possession of meth.Coldwater Police Sgt. Nick...
View ArticleTeen caught parking, charged with CSC
COLDWATER — A teenager, Lazaro Valle, 19, is charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct third degree after he was caught having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend.Coldwater Police officers were called after...
View ArticleNo timetable for selection of prosecutor
COLDWATER — Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O'Grady appeared before the Branch County Commission Tuesday to invite input for the selection of a new Branch County Prosecutor after the resignation of...
View ArticleWoman charged with July 2018 drugged driving, injuring her children pleads
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater woman charged with drugged driving causing a wreck in July 2018, injuring her own children, entered into a plea bargain Monday in Hillsdale County Circuit Court. Kathrynne Lee...
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